online social networking for technophobes & blondes part six
TECHY BLONDES ARE COOL
Facebook Pages or Facebook Groups - darling the choices are just too much!
There is only one way that I am able to get my peroxide-permed little head around this burning question, and inspiration came out of the blue while I was deliberating over which was just the ‘right’ pair of tippity tippity stilettos to wear down to Waitrose.
I realised that if I wanted to share the glory of my collection of slingbacks and thigh length boots with the world, then I should create a Facebook Page. Each time I posted a photo of a new pair of shoes, all my ‘fans’ would see it appear on the ‘stream of consciousness’ page that always appears first on my screen, and where everyone seems to be going on about something that they seem to think is terribly interesting. Hundreds of people from all over the world could marvel at my blue suede wedges, or the stiletto with the broken heel I keep as a memento from that wild night out in Rio.
However, I may find that I gather a following consisting of characters possessing an insatiable and unsavory lust for womens footwear. ‘Privacy’ is not a feature of a Facebook Page.
This is why a Facebook Group may be a better choice for my shoe extravaganza. More fitting, you might say. I could be really selfish and keep it a private group just between myself and my fellow shoe-aholics. Or I could allow anyone in, but remove them discretely if they upset any other members of the gang.
Any amazing shoe-shopping deals could be ‘messaged to the group’, whereas on a Facebook Page I have to rely on everyone checking their updates or go into ‘edit page’ and search for the ‘send an update to fans’ link over on the right and down a bit (yes, very tedious).
GEEK CHIC
For further references to choosing between pages or groups have a look here:
Whichever one you choose it’s bound to be the wrong one, and then you will discover that you can’t swop across. Facebook may be a must for the techno-blonde, but sometimes, it’s a little ‘blonde’ itself.
`LET’S BITCH’ – BLOGGING IS FUN
I have recently created a facebook group for my local allotments to gather support for stopping the Parish Council from evicting me. All that mud ruining my nails and staining my Calvin Klein’s must not all be for nothing, and a Facebook Group can be a good way to get like-minded folk together to fight or support a common cause.
On the other hand, I use a Facebook Page for Starting Over Show, so that ‘fans’ will see any updates to the page in their notifications. I also receive statistics from Facebook about the activity on the page. No self-respecting business can be without a Facebook Fan Page these days, I’m afraid.
Of course making good use of your groups and pages requires a social network strategy, but I leave that kind of thing to my favorite Geek to explain, which I’m sure he will if you ask him nicely.